“Not only was she married to the complainant, she was entirely financially and emotionally dependent on him.”

Mr Dunn said Alam’s husband had now left her and was living with the victim.

He said: “She is a lady of good character who has been a good mother and a good wife from the outset and finds herself in this shameful and embarrassing situation before the Crown court.

“It wasn’t committed out of revenge, it was committed out of sheer and pure desperation to attempt to get him back and break down the relationship because of the ramifications it would have on the defendant and her family.

Alam was given an eight month prison sentence, suspended for two years. She was also made the subject of a restraining order banning her from contacting the victim.